Lucknow- The yesteryear belief was broken, as a mom- in- law gifted her daughter-in-law an expensive car after she gave birth to a girl child. Daughters are better than sons, says the mom-in-law who celebrated the birth.
In a state where female feticide is common in the rural interiors, this mother-in-law deserves to be aplauded. Prema Devi, a retired inspector from the health department of Uttar Pradesh, has acquired a celebrity status in Hamirpur district after she gifted a luxury car to her daughter-in-law when the latter gave birth to a baby girl.
Prema, who gifted a Honda City car to her daughter-in-law, says that daughters are better than sons. She also hosted a small party with Khushboo, her daughter-in-law, to welcome the baby girl in the family.
“The practice of female infanticide in India will only end after daughters-in-laws are treated as daughters. They are someone else’s daughters as well. If daughters-in-law are loved the way daughters are loved, they bring joy to home,” she told reporters.
Khushbo, on the other hand, is overjoyed to have a mother-in-law like Prema. She said that in order to bring a change in society, women must first learn to love and respect each other that way her mother in law does. Even daughter-in-laws must love their mother-in-laws like their own mother, she added.
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